Toby Schmitz's @yourfacegame

The Twitterer of a thousand faces

First published on 11 Apr 2011. Updated on 27 Sep 2011.

Fancy yourself a thespian? Up for some fun and games? In need of another internet diversion? Actor, playwright and Twitter trendsetter Toby Schmitz (@fallofasparrow) has started his own Twitter craze: @yourfacegame. "It's a boutique parlour game that started amongst friends," says Schmitz. "It's the kind of thing we'd do over beers."

Past @yourfacegame entrants include Brendan Cowell, Ewen Leslie, Blazey Best, Anthony Hayes and Marieke Hardy. Here's how to join them.

1. Follow @yourfacegame.
2. Check the caption in the @yourfacegame profile.
3. Twitpic your scenario-inspired face @yourfacegame.

What do you win? For the time being, fame and glory.

 

The TV goes blank in the dying seconds of your team's nail-biting grand final


God just spoke to you. Loud and clear.

 

You're the kid that Bill Henson rejected

 

You are so hungover you've forgotten how old you are

 

During a terrible school production of 'Oliver!' your 10-year-old daughter belts out an astounding 'As Long As He Needs Me'

 

You are a serial killer being sworn in on the first day of your media circus trial

 

 

Someone who used to terrorise you greets you warmly at your school reunion and, boy, time hasn't been kind to them

 

You're pretending you haven't forgotten their name but you know they know you have

 

 

You are a Bond villain the moment you realise 007's escape means your imminent, gruesome demise

 

 

The best move you ever made was going back in time and 'writing' the Beatles catalogue

 

 

You became a high school teacher for all the wrong reasons

 

You are the first person wanted by Interpol for being a fuckwit

 

You are destroying a fellow Real Housewife while heavily medicated at a charity event

 

 

Fifteen minutes in you realise your first date movie has way too much rape in it

 

 

You're a journalist realising just how dangerous your big scoop is

 

It's a week into your honeymoon and you're having your doubts

 

Your co-workers have finally confronted you about pissing in the coffee urn

 

You're watching someone reading your first novel on the train when suddenly they snort ambiguously

 

You are about to walk into your tyrannical, industrial father's office and fire him

 

 

You are two seconds away from ruining a wedding reception

 

The dust-jacket photo for your best-selling personal development book

 

You are 98% sure you hold all the dice

 

News of the revolution has reached you

 

On a scale of one to ten your poker face is a 3.9

 

 

You're the one elf that all the other elves agree digs Christmas the most

 

 

You're an egotistical space-pirate who's never actually been out of the system

 

 

Your financial situation has left you seriously considering week-old Thai take-away

 

Profile pics of Russian mail-order brides and the guys who order them 


 

By Darryn King   |  
 

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